‘Yaga’ Sets World Premiere In TIFF’s Primetime Section; Festival’s TV Lineup Also Includes ‘Carrie’ & ‘Crystal Lake’
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- Yaga, starring Carrie-Anne Moss and Hudson Williams, will world premiere as a Crave/AMC+ series, anchoring TIFF's Primetime section.
- Primetime opens with Jesse McKeown's Netflix drama 'Below,' set in a Newfoundland town terrorized by a sea creature, and closes with Mike Flanagan's Stephen King reinvention 'Carrie' for Prime Video.
- American Hostage, Shawn Ryan's anthology series starring Jon Hamm for MGM+, is also slated for world premiere at the festival.
- Crystal Lake, Brad Caleb Kane's A24-produced Friday the 13th prequel series for Peacock, joins the lineup alongside the international premiere of Apple TV+'s 'Slow Horses' new season.
- International titles round out the section, with Australia ('2.6 Seconds: Death in the Outback'), France ('Alice'), Germany ('Blindspot Berlin'), and Brazil ('Oxygen Masks Will (Not) Drop Automatically') represented.
- TIFF runs September 10–20, with Geoff Macnaughton serving as VP, Market Programming & Theatrical and lead programmer of the Primetime section.
Why it matters: The Primetime slate confirms TIFF's growing role as a launchpad for prestige streaming television — with three world premieres (Yaga, American Hostage, Below) and major streamer premieres from Netflix, Prime Video, Apple TV+, and Peacock all converging on a single September showcase.
